Getting the right cew

Like most other MMO's, Star Trek Timelines has a Daily Rewards feature and collect a good one, I think.

By the numbers, my newly acquired Captain Janeway has some pretty good skill attributes right off the bat. She joins my roster, along with other legendary captains as Picard and Sisko, helping me to progress through the game's storyline. However, what does the color and stars mean?

Well, if I am interpreting things right, here is how I see things. White, one star characters are the most common to collect and can't be fused with duplicates. Green, two stars are a little harder to get and can be fused once. Blue, three stars are harder still to acquire and can be fused twice. Purple, four stars are the really rare ones, being able to be fused three times.

So, my theory goes something like this, one and two star characters can be viewed as disposable, held onto until a better  three or four star is collected and leveled/fused up to meet or beat the skills and attributes of the lower characters.

For example, here are two different versions of Wesley Crusher. The one star version is probably the most common and easiest to collect. Skill wise, the one star variant doesn't bring much to the table, except for the starting stages of earlier missions. The three star version could come in quite handy for progressively harder missions, due to the higher ceiling of skills and levels.

Also, taking into account that having a standard account, meaning I haven't spent any real world money yet, I am limited to having only 25 crew slots available. So, somewhere along my journey among the stars, my one star Wesley will be jettisoned....er, retired, when a better character is offered.

Plus, I never did like his sweater....